Viruses

HPV-Associated Cancers 2026

edited by Diane M. Harper

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5302 | Submission Open

Keywords: HPV; cervical cancer; head and neck cancer; penile cancer; cancer prevention; targeted therapy; cancer stem cells; molecular study; carcinogenesis; immunotherapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Virus Biosensing

edited by Guobin Mao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3431 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus detection; molecular diagnosis; immunoassay; nucleic acid amplification; CRISPR-based detection; nucleic acid assembly; biosensor; point-of-care testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Opportunistic Viral Infections, 3rd Edition

edited by

Carlo Contini

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3091 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidemiology of opportunistic viral infections; immunocompromised individuals (HIV/AIDS; transplants; tumors; chemotherapeutics; biotechnological drugs; etc.); advances in diagnosis; management and treatment of opportunistic viral infections; JC virus; HPV; CMV; EBV and other herpesvirus; human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1); hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV); polyomavirus; new Coronavirus including SARS-CoV-2; emerging viruses (arbovirus other zoonotic virus)

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Advances in Rabies Research 2025–2026

edited by Juan A. Montaño-Hirose and

Charles E. Rupprecht

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 2367 | Submission Open

Keywords: rabies; zoonosis; vaccine; evolution; structural biology; viral replication; virus– host interaction; pathogenesis and immunity; clinical virology

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Epidemiology, Risk Analysis, Detection and Management of Lumpy Skin Disease in Europe

edited by

Claude Saegerman

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1613 | Submission Open

Keywords: lumpy skin disease (LSD); lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV); vectors; pathogenesis; epidemiology; modelling; risk analysis; detection; management; cost– benefit analysis; Europe

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Natural, Semisynthetic, and Synthetic Antiviral Drugs: Combating Emerging and Re-Emerging Viral Threats

edited by

Otávio Augusto Chaves

and

Carlos Serpa

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel antiviral agents and therapeutic strategies; antivirals design and discovery; natural products screening; natural products as a scaffold for semisynthetic antivirals; repurposing drugs; high-throughput screening; antiviral resistance; biophysical characterization of antiviral– target interactions; combination of light and photosensitizers in antiviral discovery; cell-based and in vivo assays; mechanisms of antiviral action; In silico antiviral predictions; molecular docking and dynamics simulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV)

edited by Julia Dubois and Guy Boivin

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: human metapneumovirus (HMPV); respiratory syncytial virus (RSV); Pneumoviridae; viral pathogenesis; epidemiology and clinical burden; host immune response; antiviral therapy; vaccine development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Phage Assembly

edited by

Andreas Kuhn

and

Julie Thomas

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: capsid assembly; DNA packaging; portal assembly; host receptor; tail contraction; ejectosome assembly; DNA translocation; lysis control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Viruses)

Research on the Zoonotic Pathogen: Lassa Virus and Lassa Fever

edited by

Umaru Bangura

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: Lassa-virus; zoonotic; Mastomys natalensis; West-Africa; epidemiology; genomes; ecology; surveillance; emerging-infection; transmission

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Respiratory Viral Pathogenesis and Host-Microbe Crosstalk: From Bench to Bedside

edited by Shenghai Huang and

Theo J. Moraes

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4358 | Submission Open

Keywords: respiratory viruses; pathogenesis; host– microbe crosstalk; etiological diagnosis; prevention and treatment; RSV; influenza; coronavirus

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Viral Surveillance, Transmission, Pathogenesis, and Vaccine Development in Domestic Animals and Wildlife

edited by

Jieshi Yu

,

Feng Li

and Wen-Kang Wei

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2310 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal viruses; influenza viruses; coronaviruses; rotaviruses; transmission; epidemiology; surveillance; pathogenesis; one health; vaccine; domestic animals; wildlife; emerging viruses; re-emerging viruses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Molecular and Cellular Biology of Human Oncogenic Viruses: 2nd Edition

edited by

Roberta Gonnella

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1446 | Submission Open

Keywords: oncoviruses; antiviral drugs; viral oncogenesis; viral infection; oncogenic pathways; epigenetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Human and Animal Papillomavirus: Infections, Genetics, and Vaccines (2nd Edition)

edited by

Antonio Carlos de Freitas

and

Anna Silva

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1522 | Submission Open

Keywords: papillomavirus (PV); vaccines; infection biology; genetics; HPV and nongenital cancer; molecular epidemiology; bioinformatics; oncogenesis; HPV and cancer; animal papillomavirus and associated diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Functional RNAs in Virology

edited by

Michael T. Wolfinger

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1052 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional RNA elements; viral RNA structure; cis-acting RNA motifs; non-coding RNAs; RNA– protein interactions; RNA-based regulation; RNA virus biology; structured RNA; computational RNA analysis; virus bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

The Ebola Legacy: Five Decades of Virological Breakthroughs

edited by

Gaya K. Amarasinghe

, Daisy W. Leung and

Christopher F. Basler

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: Ebola virus; viral pathogenesis; molecular virology; antivirals; therapeutics; diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Bioinformatics and Computational Approaches in Viral Genomics and Evolution 2025–2026

edited by Camila Malta Romano, Mariana Severo Ramundo and Nilson Coimbra

submission deadline 16 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10458 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinformatics tools; genomic surveillance; viral evolution; computational genomics; host-pathogen interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Mechanisms of Ribozyviria Transmission in Animal and Vegetal Holobionts

edited by

Maurizia Rossana Brunetto

and Ferruccio Bonino

submission deadline 18 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 562 | Submission Open

Keywords: viroid-like RNAs; holobionts; RNA viruses; circular RNA genomes; satellite viruses; HBsAg (hepatitis b surface antigen)

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Multiscale Modeling and Forecasting of COVID-19 and Respiratory Virus Dynamics

edited by

Gerardo Chowell

and Sunmi Lee

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5606 | Submission Open

Keywords: COVID-19 modeling; respiratory virus dynamics modeling; epidemic forecasting; parameter identifiability; multiscale transmission dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Virology in Italy 2026—10th National Congress of the Italian Society for Virology

edited by

Enzo Tramontano

,

Guido Antonelli

,

Francesca Caccuri

, Massimo Turina and

Gabriele Vaccari

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: Italy; emerging viruses; viral subversion of host cell processes; viruses of microbes; antivirals; vaccines; emerging methods in virology; RNA in virus infection; plant viruses; antiviral innate immunity; animal viruses; mycoviruses

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Advances in Respiratory Viruses Research: From Basic Studies to Public Health

edited by Anna Puigdellívol-Sánchez

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1682 | Submission Open

Keywords: respiratory viruses; SARS-CoV-2 co-variants; virus-host interaction; genetic susceptibility; host genetic factors; immune response; wastewater surveillance; seasonal vaccines; differential diagnosis; long COVID; COVID-19 sequelae

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Advances in Research on Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases

edited by Vladimir Stevanović and

Tatjana Vilibic-Cavlek

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1508 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging infectious diseases; zoonoses; epidemiology; pathogenesis; diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Tiny Giants, Hidden Genes: Genomic Innovation in Nucleocytoviricota

edited by Paulo Victor de Miranda Boratto and Talita Melo Hanchuk

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open

Keywords: nucleocytoviricota; giant DNA viruses; genetic dark matter; viral genomics; viral evolution; virus– host interactions; viral metabolism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

BSL4 Viruses: Understanding and Controlling Highly Infectious Pathogens, 2nd Edition

edited by Courtney B. Woolsey

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus– host; viral life cycle; viral replication; pathogenesis; epidemiology; medical countermeasures; antivirals; Ebola virus; Marburg virus; Lassa virus; Nipah virus; Hendra virus; Crimean– Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; arenaviruses; paramyxoviruses; Nairo viruses; filoviruses; hemorrhagic fever virus

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Emerging and Re-Emerging Viral Zoonoses

edited by

Lorena Jemeršić

and

Margarida Simões

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10956 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidemiology of emerging and re-emerging viral zoonoses; zoonotic spillover; viral evolution; animal reservoirs; zoonotic transmission; animals as sentinels of viral zoonoses and risk analyses; diagnostic novelties and early detection of viral threats; viral genomics and molecular epidemiology; viral pathogenesis; viral adaptation mechanisms; wildlife– human interface; monkeypox virus (mpxv); influenza viruses; nipah virus; ebola/marburg virus; hantavirus; crimea-congo virus; vaccine development; therapeutic and mitigation strategies; climate change; biodiversity loss and infectious diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Surveillance, Transmission Dynamics, and Control of Zoonotic Viruses

edited by Dimitrios A. Chatzidimitriou,

Anna Papa

and Ilias Bouzalas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8838 | Submission Open

Keywords: zoonosis; surveillance; epidemiology; diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Current Trends in Arbovirus Outbreaks and Research

edited by

André Ricardo Ribas Freitas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7534 | Submission Open

Keywords: arboviral infections; Dengue; Chikungunya; Zika; Oropouche; West Nile; Usutu; Tick borne encephalitis; Toscana; Sandfly Fever Sicilian; Flaviviridae; Bunyavirales; Togaviridae; viral evolution; vector ecology; climate change; emerging arboviruses; surveillance; public health preparedness

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Emerging and Re-Emerging Plant Viruses and Vector Complexes: Advances in Characterization, Surveillance, and Mitigation

edited by

Judith K. Brown

and

Jiban Kumar Kundu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6389 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and emerging/re-emerging virus threats; impact of virus evolution on the emerging/re-emerging virus diseases; innovative virus detection and surveillance methods; plant defense and virus resistance mechanisms responding to new outbreaks; plant defenses that respond to virus infection in lieu of extreme climate circumstances; plant virus diseases; plant– virus and/or plant– vector interactions; including tritrophic interactions; plant/crop resistance to viruses and/or arthropod vectors; strategies for management of viruses and vectors; virus– vector interactions; specific scenarios of emerging and reemerging viruses:; insect or mite-transmitted viruses of plants; seed-borne or seed-transmitted viruses of plants; soil-borne or soil-transmitted viruses; viruses infecting nursery crops and trees; water-borne or water-transmitted plant viruses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

Bluetongue, Epizootic Haemorrhagic Disease, and Other Emerging Orbiviruses, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ludovic Martinelle

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5826 | Submission Open

Keywords: bluetongue; epizootic haemorrhagic disease; orbiviruses; African horse sickness; vector-borne diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Molecular Insights into HIV-1 Infection

edited by

Satya Prakash Singh

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3513 | Submission Open

Keywords: HIV-1 replication; host factors; nuclear translocation and integration; HIV-1 latency and immune response; anti-HIV-1 strategies; techniques in HIV research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Novel Insights into Porcine Viral Diseases: Recombinant Strains and Immune Responses

edited by

Kegong Tian

and

Xiangdong Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3361 | Submission Open

Keywords: porcine viral diseases; epidemiology; pathogenesis; recombination; immune responses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Advances in Alphavirus and Flavivirus Research, 3rd Edition

edited by

Young Chan Kim

and

Arturo Reyes-Sandoval

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2514 | Submission Open

Keywords: arbovirus; alphavirus; flavivirus; Chikungunya; Mayaro; Zika; dengue; diagnostics; surveillance; vaccine; antivirals; animal models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Plant Virus Surveillance and Metagenomics 2026

edited by Avijit Roy and Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1920 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-throughput sequencing (HTS); virome analysis; bioinformatics tools; molecular diagnostics; novel virus discovery; reservoir hosts; disease etiology; virus epidemiology; biosecurity/quarantine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

Plant Virus Resistance—2nd Edition

edited by

Miguel A. Aranda

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1887 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant virus resistance mechanisms; resistance-breaking viral strains; genetic and molecular breeding; virus– host interactions; genome editing; virus susceptibility factors; plant virus ecology; plant virus host range

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

Epidemiology and Prevention of HIV/AIDS

edited by Daniel G. Elbirt and Keren Mahlab-Guri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1753 | Submission Open

Keywords: HIV clinical care; HIV prevention; HIV in older age; HIV and comorbidities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Extrapulmonary Manifestations of Respiratory Viruses

edited by

Malik Aydin

,

Aykac Kubra

and

Osman Oğuz Demir

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1620 | Submission Open

Keywords: respiratory viruses; extrapulmonary symptoms; pneumonia; myocarditis; hepatitis; encephalitis; viral sepsis; cytokines; multi-organ involvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Epidemiology of Zoonotic Virus Transmission: Pathways, Host Factors, and Public Health Strategies

edited by

Francisco José Nunes Antunes

and

Rita Cordeiro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1539 | Submission Open

Keywords: zoonotic viruses; transmission pathways; host factors; public health strategies; one health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Viral Strategies to Regulate Host Immunity or Signal Pathways, 2nd Edition

edited by

Bumsuk Hahm

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1533 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus– host interaction; viral immunity; viral pathogenesis; immune evasion; innate immunity; adaptive immunity; signal pathway

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Advances in Viral Vectors for Gene and Cell Therapy

edited by

Francesca Ferrara

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1382 | Submission Open

Keywords: lentiviral vectors; adenoviral vectors; adeno-associated viral vectors; virus-like particles; chimeric antigen receptor; gene and cell therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Nanotechnology-Driven Strategy Against Viral Infections

edited by

Eduardo Ricci-Júnior

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1164 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanocarriers; antivirals; drug delivery; nanoparticles; liposomes; dendrimers; vaccines; SiRNA; photodynamic therapy; immunomodulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Viral Diseases of Aquatic Animals: Crustaceans, Mollusks, Fish, Sea Turtles, and Marine Mammals

edited by

Sohrab Ahmadivand

and Ayanna Carla N. Phillips Savage

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1125 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral infections of marine mammals and sea turtles; fish viral diseases; mollusk and crustacean viral pathogens; emerging viruses in aquaculture and marine wildlife; disease diagnostics and detection; vaccines and antiviral immunity; epidemiology and biosecurity; host– virus interactions; viral pathogenesis; One Health and aquatic viruses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

SARS-CoV-2 in Pregnancy and Reproduction, 2nd Edition

edited by

Justin C. Konje

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 962 | Submission Open

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; pregnancy; reproduction; vaccination; mutagenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coronaviruses)

Oncolytic Virotherapy 2026

edited by

Konstantin Gus Kousoulas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 654 | Submission Open

Keywords: oncolytic viruses; oncolytic virotherapy; cancer immunotherapy; tumor micro environment; vector engineering; clinical translation; systemic antitumor immunity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Viral Persistence and Transmission Dynamics of Immunocompromised Hosts: A Global Health Perspective

edited by Adekunle Sanyaolu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open

Keywords: prolonged viral shedding; immunocompromised populations; viral persistence; transmission dynamics; viral evolution; global health security; low-resource settings; surveillance and epidemiology; antiviral resistance; immune evasion; chronic infection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

COVID-19 Complications and Co-Infections: 2nd Edition

edited by

Abu Baker Sheikh

, Amir Humza Sohail and Mohammed Quazi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; complications; co-infections; hospitalization; risk factors; pathophysiology; clinical course; outcomes; prognosis; associated co-morbid conditions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Antiviral Resistance Mutations, 2nd Edition

edited by Ilaria Vicenti and

Francesco Saladini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: antiviral resistance; virus evolution; viral genome mutation; drug-resistant phenotypes; immune escape

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Porcine Viruses 2026

edited by

Guoxin Li

,

Lingxue Yu

and

Jin Cui

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidemiology; pathogenesis; immune evasion; virus evolution; vaccine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Viral Immune Evasion: From Molecular Insights to Therapeutic Opportunities

edited by Yongxu Lu, Geoffrey L. Smith and Yiqi Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: innate immunity; immune evasion; host restriction factor; interferon pathways; IRF3; NF-κ B; DNA-sensing; RNA-sensing; cell death; antivirals

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Microscopy Methods for Virus Research, 2nd Edition

edited by Krishanu Ray

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: viruses; fluorescence imaging; single-molecule imaging; super-resolution imaging; intra-vital imaging; electron microscopy; Cryo-EM; Cryo-ET

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Advances in Measles Virus Research, Vaccine Development and Vaccination Strategies

edited by

Snežana Medić

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: measles virus; measles vaccine; vaccine-induced immunity; vaccine effectiveness; measles elimination strategies; immunity gaps

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Poultry Virology, Avian Coronaviruses and Infectious Diseases of Poultry

edited by

Kamil Tayfun Carli

and Ayse Nalbantsoy

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: poultry virology; poultry infectious diseases; avian coronaviruses; epidemiology of poultry virus infections; mutations in poultry viruses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

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